Opinion
06-15-2016
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Justo RICHARDS, appellant.
Justo Richards, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.
Justo Richards, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.
Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this court dated August 5, 1985 (People v. Richards, 112 A.D.2d 957, 492 N.Y.S.2d 637 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 4, 1983.
ORDERED that the application is denied.
The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel (see Jones v. Barnes, 463 U.S. 745, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987 ; People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883 ).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., MILLER, DUFFY and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.